I disagree with J.D. Salinger that Catcher should not be made into a movie or play. I believe that with the right characters to play the parts of these people, it would be a very entertaining movie. As I have been reading this movie it was very easy for me to picture different scenes in my head. I can really imagine Holden in my head as a tall kid, not to buff, but also not to scrawny. I believe that Salinger has written this book so well that I am able to follow along by playing his words in my mind. Although, I can understand why he wouldnt want to make his book into a movie because some books that are made into movies are not portrayed well enough and it ruins the entire book. I feel that theonly way to make this book into a movie would be to follow it as if it was a script and not leave out any scenes to the book. Which all fall together in the end perfectly. If someone was to find real life people that would be able to hold up the title of each character without any flaws than it would be a pretty good movie. I feel that I would want to see this book as a movie because I wish to be able to see holden as maybe other people do. The only down fall to this of making catcher into a movie is that they would need to figure out how to have Holdens commentary in there. I believe what makes the book is that it comes from Holdens point of view. Through a movie that might be a little bit harder to understand.
Who I would want to direct this movie would be Robert Zemeckis, director of the movie "Forrest Gump." Zemeckis would be a great director for this movie because during thhis famous movie he uses a very clever way to commentate on the movie. While Forrest is talking to people on the street he tells them about his story, which is his past and he is still telling the story in his point of view.
I think Sally Hayes could be played as Hayden Panettiere because when I picture Sally I imagine a pretty and blonde girl. She is one of my favorite actress and Sally Hayes reminds me sort of one of the characters that Hayden played in the movie "Bring It On."
I think that Madison Pettis would be a great actress for Pheobe because Pheobe is a young girl and when Madison was younger she starred in "Game Plan" and that character would be great as Pheobe.Madison plays a strong willed little girl, who doesnt take no for an answer. I feel she is also a very smart girl just like how Holden describes Pheobe to be.
I think that Vannessa Hudgens would be a good person to play even though we never met Jane Gallagher through Holden, how he describes her I pictured a pretty looking dark haired girl. Her character from "Beastly" would best portray Jane.
Lastly, I think the best character for Holden would be Josh Hutcherson. I've always liked Josh as a actor in his previous movies and I think he was awesome in "the Hunger Games". I think he would play a great Holden because he reminds me of a tough kid, who is able to stand up for himself.
